Reports coming out of Comic-Con about the screening of 12 minutes of scenes from director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel(s), The Hobbit, had as much to do with fan reaction as with the preview itself. The Associated Press’s David Germain wrote, “If reaction to The Hobbit footage at Comic-Con is any indication, Peter […]

The reviews have been mostly positive for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network, which launched on Saturday, New Year’s Day. The New York Times‘s Alessandra Stanley remarked that the network is “a place where cynicism takes a holiday and mockery hasn’t yet been invented. … a ‘meaningful, mindful’ cable network that seeks its own truth and […]